{"id":296647,"date":"2025-12-03T11:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/296647\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:54:06","slug":"berkshire-healthcare-temporary-cuts-support-for-new-adhd-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/296647\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkshire Healthcare temporary cuts support for new ADHD patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trust said the ADHD service currently received “more referrals in a single month than it was originally commissioned to assess in a whole year”. <\/p>\n

The BBC has identified<\/a> 15 local areas that have closed waiting lists and another 31 that have introduced tighter criteria.<\/p>\n

Across the NHS, the average wait time for adults to get assessment is currently eight years and four years for children.<\/p>\n

“This situation has become unsustainable, so we’re temporarily stopping new referrals to protect patient safety by focusing on those currently under our care,” Berkshire Healthcare said.<\/p>\n

The step was described as “necessary”, but the trust acknowledged it might be “worrying” for patients.<\/p>\n

It advised anyone planning to seek a referral to seek guidance from their GP.<\/p>\n

Patients who are on ADHD medication will continue to receive care.<\/p>\n

There will also be no changes for those transitioning from children’s ADHD services to adult ones. <\/p>\n

Patients who have already been referred for assessment, have received a diagnosis and are waiting to start medication will remain on the waiting list.<\/p>\n

The trust said it was working with service users, GPs, local authorities, and voluntary organisations to make sure the redesigned service would meet the needs across Berkshire.<\/p>\n

It asked that anyone with further queries to contact the healthcare team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trust said the ADHD service currently received “more referrals in a single month than it was originally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-296647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}